Shakepeare's Words
The English language owes a great debt to Shakespeare. He invented over 1700 of our common words by changing nouns into verbs , changing verbs into adjectives , connecting words never before used together , adding prefixes and suffixes , and diversing words wholly original. Below is a list of a few of the words Shakespeare coined.
a Timeline of his life
Shakepeare's Words
The English language owes a great debt to Shakespeare. He invented over 1700 of our common words by changing nouns into verbs , changing verbs into adjectives , connecting words never before used together , adding prefixes and suffixes , and diversing words wholly original. Below is a list of a few of the words Shakespeare coined.
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